Support of SAP Build Work Zone, advanced and much more: SAP Mobile Start V2.2 & 2.3 - Release Update

[ThiloBerndt]

In this blog, I will introduce the new features that we have released so far in 2025, with version V2.2 and our latest version V2.3.
When SAP Mobile Start got launched in August 2021, the app got automatically provisioned with SAP Build Work Zone, standard edition. In 2023, we added SAP Start and with the release V.2.2, SAP Mobile Start also connects to SAP Build Work Zone, advanced edition.

When using SAP Mobile Start with SAP Build Work Zone, advanced edition, you can now access your advanced edition content, like Workspaces or Feed Updates. As with the standard edition, your native and web apps are available within the Apps Screen of SAP Mobile Start, as well as in your Favorites Section on the Start Screen, based on your individual selection. This allows you direct and fast access to your business content while being mobile. 
What about the SAP Build Work Zone, advanced edition tasks and notifications? If you have set up the Alert Notification Service and SAP Task Center Service, then you find them next to your business tasks and situations in the To-Do sections and in the Notification Center of SAP Mobile Start.

Screenshot: Notification Center with advanced edition notifications

We are looking forward to seeing many SAP Build Work Zone, advanced edition and SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone customers to onboard to SAP Mobile Start, as it is automatically available if the SAP Mobile Start “toggle” is enabled in the Site Manager.

Remark: SAP Mobile Start is not the successor app for the SAP Build Work Zone Advanced mobile app. SAP Mobile Start focuses on providing users easy access to their applications and business workflows. The app is deeply integrated into the device OS and provides native push notifications and widgets to ensure a best-in-class user experience. The SAP Build Work Zone Advanced mobile app focuses more on the collaboration aspects. Users can use both apps in parallel. Please also see our respective knowledge base article for further details. 

Besides seeing your latest open To-Dos in SAP Mobile Start, you can now also see your completed To-Dos. Just tap the “Completed” filter button on the To-Do Screen and you will get your completed to-dos from the last six months right on the To-Dos Screen. You can also search across all open and completed to-dos via the search function.

Screenshot: Completed To-Dos

My favorite new feature is the site switch that is available with V2.3. This feature allows you to directly switch between SAP Build Work Zone sites. This is very helpful for IT teams but also for business users who work with multiple SAP Build Work Zone instances. Instead of always having to go through the complete onboarding process, the app offers you a list of recently used sites and you can just pick the one you need. Outdated sites can be deleted from your list with an easy swipe to the left. I am sure that you will love this feature.

Screenshots: Site Switch

Another nice enhancement comes for the news tiles. With the latest release of SAP Mobile Start, your news tile can also include news images. Furthermore, news feeds that require authentication are supported as well with the latest release. You just need to maintain the authenticated URL in the tile news property field “mobilestart.feedUrl” in the site manager. Please have a look at our SAP Help documentation for details.

Screenshots: News with Image

You can now see the source system name on the app tiles with the latest release, what is very helpful if you have for instance connected multiple SAP S/4HANA systems to SAP Build Work Zone. The system name helps you to easily identify the system that is behind the tile. To use this feature, you can enable it in the Site Manager (“Display: Show Source System Name on Tiles”).

Finally, the latest release provides some nice UX enhancements, like the enhanced navigation bar for Apple iPad and a new fresher design for monitoring details on Apple Watch. When you onboard to the app for the first time, a new in-app guide introduces the app features to you. In the Profile and Settings screen, you can now find detailed information about language settings for the app and for the displayed content; furthermore the app is now available in Hungarian.

Screenshot: New watch design 

I hope you will enjoy those new features in SAP Mobile Start.

For further information on the new topics, please check our SAP Mobile Start documentation.

SAP Mobile Experience offers intelligent native mobile solutions that help businesses build more efficient, resilient and sustainable end-to-end processes, improving people’s work life wherever they are.

Visit SAP Mobile Experience Community Page and click “follow” to get the latest development and innovation of our solutions. We look forward to hearing about your experience with setting up the solution in your landscape; please do share your thoughts and comments below. Enter here for additional questions regarding SAP Mobile Experience Applications.